It isn't as easy as I thought it would be. I joined Florida for Change a couple weeks ago. It is a campaign for Barack Obama to run as the new President of the United States of America. I am very enthusiastic to have Obama and Biden in office, and I thought I was willing to do anything to make sure it happens.

But now...I can see how this is such a pain in the ass, and I don't even get paid for it. I'm wondering if it is worth my time anymore. It would be very nice to see a change in America (not only because Obama is black but because the fact that the Bush Administration would end once and for all), but I am getting to the point where I am about to scream my head off. Today I went to the beaches to gather new people to register to vote. In four hours of getting sunburnt, salt in my eyes, skin, and mouth, I only got 2 people to register to vote. Yesterday I did the same, only it was at the mall, and only 1 person registered to vote. And tomorrow, I have to be at the office at 9AM in the morning to do some data entry and then head to work at 2PM. I haven't even had any chances of getting my homework done, and I need to do that because if I don't I'll get behind and I'll lose hope in finishing a fucking community college.

All this burden of trying to get 2 people into the White House is not as easy, and the more I work on it, the more I lose the drive to do it. I just don't know what to do. I made a commitment by joining and now I feel like I had made a mistake. And I feel bad, because these people are really nice people and they really want Obama to win. I do too, but I do have a life of my own to live and I need to have fun.

What should I do??? I suppose I could just tell them that it was taking up too much of my school time, and that I really needed to focus in school and work so I can pay my bills while still getting good grades. But that would make me seem like I don't have the desire of getting Obama in office....and that is making me feel like a bad person.

Maybe I should just explain to Sean and Becky how overwhelmed I feel and perhaps should only limit myself to either getting people to vote or data entry only instead of doing both. I'll have to wait and see how tomorrow goes. Maybe data entry isn't as bad as it sounds. And besides, I'm good with computers...

But I should definitely cut myself some slack and really focus on what is more important in my life...